Associations Between Symptom Validity Test Failure and Scores on the MMPI–2–RF Validity and Substantive Scales

Roger O. Gervais · Dustin B. Wygant · Martin Sellbom · Yossef S. Ben‐Porath

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This study examined the association between Symptom Validity Test (SVT) failure and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 Restructured Form (MMPI–2–RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008), in the Forensic Disability Claimant samples described in the MMPI–2–RF Technical Manual (Tellegen & Ben-Porath, 2008 Tellegen, A. and Ben-Porath, Y. S. 2008. MMPI–2–RF (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form) technical manual, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. [Google Scholar]a, 2008b). SVTs used included the Word Memory Test (Green, 2003 Green, P. 2003. Green's Word Memory Test for Windows: User's manual, Edmonton, Alberta, , Canada: Green's Publishing. [Google Scholar]), the Computerized Assessment of Response Bias (Allen, Conder, Green, & Cox, 1997 Allen, L., Conder, R. L., Green, P. and Cox, D. R. 1997. CARB’ 97 manual for the Computerized Assessment of Response Bias, Durham, NC: CogniSyst. [Google Scholar]), the Medical Symptom Validity Test (Green, 2004 Green, P. 2004. Green's Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT): User's manual, Edmonton, Alberta, , Canada: Green's Publishing. [Google Scholar]), and the Test of Memory Malingering (Tombaugh, 1996 Tombaugh, T. N. 1996. Test of Memory Malingering, Toronto, Ontario, , Canada: MultiHealth Systems. [Google Scholar]). SVT failure was associated with significant elevations throughout the MMPI–2–RF overreporting validity scales and substantive scales. Pairwise contrasts between groups failing 0 and 3 SVTs revealed predominantly large effect sizes for the overreporting validity scales (d = 0.78–1.11), and many of the substantive scales, including the Cognitive Complaints (COG) scale. Results of this study demonstrate an association between SVT performance and elevated scores on the MMPI–2–RF. These results suggest that exaggeration of cognitive symptoms as demonstrated by SVT failure is also associated with overreported emotional, somatic, and neurocognitive complaints on the MMPI–2–RF.

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